TIME: Can Sugar Substitutes Make You Fat?

TIME: Can Sugar Substitutes Make You Fat?

"The sugar-fed rats, for example, showed the expected uptick in core body temperature at mealtime, corresponding to their anticipation of a bolus of calories that they would need to start burning off -- a sort of metabolic revving of the energy engines. The saccharin-fed animals, on the other hand, showed no such rise in temperature." (Via Jonathan Rogers, via Ron Coleman.)